The police have sufficient powers to

crime and

criminals. They can forcibily

take hair, saliva and

and can ask to take blood and semen (therefore have been given special

by

to stop and

, arrest, detain and question suspects and to take fingerprints and DNA samples. With such powers should come

and

. The public should be able to more around freely without

. Hence they must be given

(also by parliment) to protect them from the

of police powers. The need for law and order has to be balanced against the desire to

protect

.

Other offences that may be

as SOA's are those that have serious

for example, an

causing serious injury,

involving serious

loss or a public order offence that puts the public in serious

.

Apart from

the police have powers of arrest under other staues; for example the

of

act and the

act.

The police have the power to stop and search people and their

in a

place if they have reasonable grounds for

that they're in possesion of

or prohibited articles. ~Section

of PACE.

Any memeber of the public can make a complaint if •They've been a victim of

by a person serving (with/) the

• They were there when the alleged misconduct took place and suffered

damage, distress, inconvenience or was put in

or at risk •They're

to the victim of the

misconduct and finally •If they've

the alleged misconduct.

RGFS must be based on

and facts. Code A states that “A persons

, colour, hairstyle and manor of

is not RGFS- unless of course it matches a

description. Hence it would be unlawful to stop and search a Rastafarian for

simply because you know that this group often smoke

.

when you're stopped and searched, the officer involved must give the suspect their N...

S...

R...

for search and a W...

R...

must later be provided for the

.

Vehicles can stopped and searched at random i.e without the need to show

the drivers stopped however this is

and needs

approval from a

police officer. It also must be confirmed to a particular area.

only happen if someone who's committed a

is believed to be in the area under section

of PACE; If in

of serious violence under section 60 of the criminal justice and public order act

. It cannot last for more than

hours.

To detain a suspect after a stop and search, the suspect must be

. Section 24 of PACE sets out the

power and were changed by the Serious

Crime and Police act

section

. Previously, there had to be an arestable offence however an arrest can now be made for any offence.